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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions docs/reverse_proxy.md
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Expand Up @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ It is recommended to put a reverse proxy such as
[Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_http.html),
[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy),
[HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) or
[relayd](https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8) in front of Synapse. One advantage
of doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port
(443) to Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root
privileges.
[relayd](https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8) in front of Synapse.
This has the advantage of being able to expose the default HTTPS port (443) to Matrix
clients without requiring Synapse to bind to a privileged port (port numbers less than
1024), avoiding the need for `CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE` or running as root.

You should configure your reverse proxy to forward requests to `/_matrix` or
`/_synapse/client` to Synapse, and have it set the `X-Forwarded-For` and
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